Writing the Package

Fred Shook's description of writing a package helped me simplify and understand better the organizing of news information. His four step process and his suggestion of keeping the story limited to four ideas helps me more clearly understand how to write a package. Sometimes there seems to be too much information to convey to the viewer in two or three minutes, but thinking about the information in a more sequential and organized way will surely help reporters create packages that are understandable and visually interesting.